Band Quote by Lou Barlow

I was mostly influenced by bands like Black Sabbath and Judas Priest - Metallica's 'Kill 'Em All' was also a hell of an inspiration.

— Dimebag Darrell

THE GODS was my first professional band and I learned a lot during that time. It was very cool playing with so many great…

— Ken Hensley

When I was really young, I was really into Black Sabbath and Iron Maiden and those kinds of bands.

— David Pajo

I formed a band called Atomic Rooster. The Atomic Rooster was sort of an underground cult band, sort of psychedelic. We did very well.

— Carl Palmer

A lot of the bands I loved, I didn't know where they came from or where they were going.

— Bucky Pope

I once got chased off stage by a heavy-metal band.

— Nish Kumar

I was definitely inspired by gospel music, or old-school R&B; I got into some Good God gospel compilations.

— Yannis Philippakis

I'm not ashamed to say that I really loved some of the hair metal bands of the '80s.

— Chris McCaughan

One of the great bands we opened up for was Priest back in '89. That was really great because at that time we had…

— Dave Lombardo

I feel so lucky to have been in a group where it was a real band. This wasn't a singer and guitar player and…

— Robbie Robertson

I had this one rock band I used to listen to, but I forgot the name of them.

— Ace Hood

I have tons of friends in the heavy-metal music world, and just going to see them inspires me.

— Kerry King